Inspiring story from Japan

Started by Oldrig, April 11, 2011, 12:45:49 PM

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Oldrig

(I hope this is the right place for this thread)

Somebody posted this link on the Cape Dory board. It's about a Japanese captain who took his boat out to sea as the tsunami struck, and saved her. He tells CNN that he talked to his boat, thanking her for taking him through the ordeal.

I, for one, find myself talking to my boat now and again, although she has never had to bring me through a disaster.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/03/japan.tsunami.captain/index.html

It's pretty touching, IMHO.

--Joe
"What a greate matter it is to saile a shyppe or goe to sea"
--Capt. John Smith, 1627

s/v Faith

Thanks for bringing this Joe.

  I really like the aspect of this that goes beyond the boat as a 'thing' and not just as a
separate entity... but even to see that the connection was to his people and his island.

  There is more to this temporal existence then meets the eye...
Satisfaction is wanting what you already have.

Zen

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Vice-Commodore - International Yacht Club

CapnK

Neat story, Joe - Grog to ya!

The guys story sounds like what you could see in that Japanese CG video, just a big mound of water pushing its way towards land.

Tornadoes, tsunamis, earthquakes, floods, mudslides, fires, falling trees, thieves, politicians - man...

...that living on land thing sounds like it is dangerous!

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